She was falling.

How was she falling?

Hazel didn't know how she was falling. How could she be falling in a stretcher? And do I have wings? Am I dreaming? The last thing she remembered was being pushed in a stretcher. Then she had fallen asleep and didn't remember anything else.

What Hazel didn't know was that she had died. It had made headlines - a little girl beaten to death by her father on her birthday. If that hadn't been tragic enough, the child had written in her diary on her birthday. She had written that she was making a wish today. A wish to be loved. The little girl's wish will never come true now. Some said.

Others said her wish would come true, as she would be loved in Heaven as an angel.

Hazel had been a witch when she was alive. Her wish to be loved had been so strong her magic had done something incredible – it had brought her back to life as an angel, so her wish to be loved could come true. Maybe she had come back as an angel because when her father had been hurting her she had wondered if she died if her wish to be loved would come true in Heaven as an angel.

Hazel fell for what seemed like forever until she finally landed on the ground on her side. Trees were everywhere. She was in a forest. Dizziness filled her and she couldn't stay awake. She felt herself falling asleep.

Hazel snuggled herself up against the bars of her cage. Her wings were a little cramped, but was used to it by now. The cage had a soft pink blanket on the bottom, so she had something soft to sit on. In her arms cradled to her chest she held her little angel winged bear she had named Angel. Angel had been given to her by one of the lab people here. She didn’t know his name – she didn’t get told their names. But the man was kind to her. He had given her this bear and allowed her to keep it, even in her cage. Angel made her feel less alone in her cage.

Go to sleep. She told herself. There was no point staying awake. She wanted to sleep. If she slept she could dream. Dreaming was being free. When she dreamed she was not in a cage. When she dreamed she was not being given needles or hit or hurt. When she dreamed she was flying free in the sky with the birds. She was free and happy. Dreaming had become almost addicting to her because of how it made her feel.

She shut her eyes. Held Angel a little tighter. Moved her wings a tiny bit, trying to get as comfortable as she could. Soon she found herself drifting off to sleep and into the land of dreams. In her dream she was in the sky in the clouds. She held her bear Angel in her hands. “Where should we go Angel?” She asked her bear and Angel told her they should go fly to the rainbow that was now in the sky. The rainbow was so beautiful and Hazel flew toward it, reaching out to touch the pretty rainbow. There are so many beautiful colors in the rainbow. She thought. It feels peaceful and safe.

Outside her dream in her cage a tiny smile appeared on her face.

Hazel is an Angel. She became an Angelwhen she died. She died from the abuse she received at the hands of her parents. She went up to Heaven but she had no one there. She was alone and unloved even in Heaven. She was so sad and lost she fell back into our world...

Having fallen back into our world, Hazel was soon caught. A child with angel white wings was a mystery. She was taken off to a lab called The School. She is abused and experimented there and kept in a cage. Unloved in her living life, unloved as an Angel…

Can she somehow find love in our world as an Angel? Or will she be unloved forever?

Hazel Angel Facts

When she died she went up to Heaven. Because she had no one in Heaven and was unloved even in Heaven she fell out of Heaven. What she doesn’t know is she was sent back to our world as an angel so her biggest wish could come true – to be loved. She was sent back to find the love she did not have as a living girl and in Heaven. She was sent back to find love this time as an Angel.

She is an immortal mortal Angel. What this means is she doesn't age but she can die. She doesn't heal quickly - she heals at the same rate as a human.

Hazel can heal people (but not herself) – but the cost is great to her health. Healing an injury or illness can make her sick for months. She was frequently used for this at The School, the scientists testing her limits and how much she can handle.

Maximum Ride – Experiment Angel Verse